Background Release

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD PLENARY PART

OF NINETEENTH SESSION IN NEW YORK FROM 26 MARCH TO 5 APRIL

 

Note to Correspondents

Note to Correspondents

‘WORLD TB DAY’ TO BE OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS 22 MARCH WITH LAUNCH

OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT

 

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2434^th Meeting* (AM)

RACIST PRACTICES PERPETUATE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES, UNDERMINE DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

‘FRAMEWORK FOR NORMALIZATION IS REQUIRED NOW MORE THAN EVER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ

 

Following is the text of opening remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to today’s meeting in New York on the International Compact with Iraq:

International Compact

with Iraq

AM Meeting

‘FRAMEWORK FOR NORMALIZATION’ NEEDED MORE THAN EVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT MILESTONE PRESENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ

Iraq ’s Vice-President Introduces Compact Document;

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2432^nd Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING

RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, EQUAL TREATMENT BEFORE COURTS

 

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KAZAKHSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

 

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Denmark, Carsten Staur, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.